Two soldiers standing before a picket fence, with a line of other figures behind them, and a headline superimposed above them
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

At lower center in the foreground, printed in dark brown, two dark skinned men in soldiers’ uniforms face us, holding long rifles at their sides in front of a low picket fence. Three indistinct, transparent figures in dresses appear just behind them. Gathered beyond the fence is a line of figures indicated only by brown outlines on a green background, and sketched in shading in green or brown. Above, at center, a headline from a handbill is superimposed on the scene, reading, “OUR LAST OPPORTUNITY HAS COME/ MEN OF COLOR, BROTHERS AND FATHERS! / WE APPEAL TO YOU!”

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.33.42
People
Tanya Murphy, American (Philadelphia, PA)
Title
Men of Color to Passage
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
2010
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361195

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Offset lithograph
Technique
Offset print
Dimensions
36.2 × 53.3 cm (14 1/4 × 21 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., in graphite: Tanya Murphy-Dodd 2010

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Tanya Murphy-Dodd, created 2010; [Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
36/46

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Tanya Murphy
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.33.42
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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